Musical Styles
Though lesser known than Joplin, African American James Scott was one of the great composers in this musical style
What is ragtime?
It's the absence of any form of political authority
What is anarchy?
A bar mitzvah traditionally celebrates the coming of age of a boy who is this many years old
What is 13?
McConnell's curveballs
What are Mitch's pitches?
After going 7 and 3 arguing before the Supreme Court, he reeled off an amazing 22 straight wins, including the unanimously decided Brown vs. the Board of Education, and would join the court himself in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
"The Hustle" & ah, ah, ah, ah, "Stayin' Alive" were 2 hits helping make up this '70s era
What is disco?
Term for a large group or chain of islands
What is archipelago? (atoll also accepted)
The not so fun game of cleaning up after a disgruntled card player has this number in its name
What is 52?
Booker's anecdotes
What are Cory's stories?
This Midwesterner did have some down years in his 50-plus-year investing success story but also some pretty good streaks, including a nine-year run where shares in his company increased in value by an average 52% a year
Who is Warren Buffett?
What is grunge?
The name of this refractive defect of the eye comes from the Greek
What is astigmatism?
In baseball, the sum of balls & strikes represented by a full count
What is 5?
Cruz' prescription pills
What are Ted's meds?
In the 19th century, Mischief, Vigilant, and appropriately, Defender, kept this item in the hands of the U.S. for what eventually added up to 132 years and 24 defenses, including one led by Ted Turner -- yes, that Ted Turner
What is the America's Cup?
Selena was named Female Vocalist of the Year 11 times at the awards named for this style of Latin music
What is Tejano?
Bolivia's coat of arms features this quadraped
What is an alpaca?
This number follows "Section" in the name of a housing voucher program for those with low income
What is 8?
Independent Angus' violin section
What are King's strings?
28 publishers rejected the first book by this legal thriller master, but he'd have the last laugh by writing 28 consecutive number one fiction bestsellers
Who is John Grisham?
This composer and musician with the given names William Christopher was known as the Father of the Blues
Who is W. C. Handy?
What is the aperture?
The word myriad can refer to any large number of things, or specifically to this big number
What is 10,000?
Sherrod's new teeth
What are Brown's crowns?
The Persian Empire fell to him in the 330s B.C., then Western Asia Minor, the Mediterranean cost, Egypt, on into India; not bad for a guy barely over 30
Who is Alexander the Great?